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CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has emerged as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s most formidable challenger for the presidency when the country goes to the polls in the next few months. But analysts are also pondering over Chamisa and opposition politics’ future in the southern African nation if he loses to Mnangagwa. This is …
Both countries have been greylisted, but how soon can they get off the Financial Action Task Force’s radar?
The greylisting of South Africa last month by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has made waves in the country, occupying substantial media attention. South Africa became only the second G20 country to have been greylisted other than Turkey – an embarrassing fall from grace. Nigeria’s addition to the list seems to have gone relatively unnoticed, no doubt due to the past weekend’s national elections. FATF is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 on the G7’s initiative to develop global policy against money laundering. Since 2001, its mandate has exp...
The shoddy state of Botshabelo in the Free State, where the ANC is holding celebrations to coincide with its 111th birthday, prompted newly elected secretary-general Fikile Mbalula to promise to clean up the metro within five days.
The Institute for Security Studies’ (ISS) Martin Ewi said while South Africans shouldn’t ignore the threat – they have every right to question its legitimacy.